Kogoro, Ran and Conan arrive in a park in Tokyo where Ran told them to go. Arrived at the place, they discover the park is nice and charming. They also discover a watermill onlooking the river behind the park's restaurant. Even if it isn't used presently, it used to irrigate the nearby rice field and is now used as a natural icehouse where they make ice for the guests. As they are explained details of the park by the clerk, a group of 3 graduates who recognize Kogoro Mouri as the great detective. they then take selfies at the riverside to immortalize the moment. They then planned to organize different activities but the fun is quickly interrupted by a tragic event.
Murder or Accident?
Location:Tokyo Park
Victim:Yuko Akiba
Age:21 Years old
Cause of death:Drowning
Suspects:Maria Suzumoto and Juri Matsui
From their table, they distinguished her body floating in the river stream and Kogoro swam to get her and the verdict was sure: she was dead.
Will the great detective impress the scholars and find the truth?
After seeing the lake behind the watermill, Conan finds the truth. He comes back at the restaurant and is chased by Kogoro who asks him where he had been. He then knocks him off and starts the deduction. Previously, Kogoro had been elaborating that the victim died in an accident but Conan (a.k.a Sleeping Kogoro) tells that he was just doing an elaboration. First, he made the others remark that the selfie sticks location was awkward since it was in the riverbed but since she slipped while trying to take a picture, she should've fallen in the river with her phone. In conclusion, it was all placed to make it look like and accident by Yuko's killer. She lured her in the watermill by using a free texting service and then, the killer went there by her own to reach the victim. After meeting Yuko, the killer asked her about some tips to chat and convinced Yuko to go inside the storage room which's door's lock had been broken beforehand by the culprit. She then struck Yuko with natural ice from the storage and killed her. Proof of their presence is the presence of sawdust which was swept in order to hide footprints. The killer then used a cart to move the body and threw it into a lake. She left the selfie stick and the phone to make it look like it was an accident. He tells the killer was right among them but the suspects replied by saying they were with him the moment they saw the body in the water. He tells that it was a trick used by the culprit and had Takagi prepare the trick. The killer had opened a sluice not normally opened and the river swept the Azolla Japonica that was in the irrigation canal and that then flowed into the pool. The water then gathered in enough time for the killer to pretend being among the others. Kogoro then tells that pools are naturally formed when sections of the river curve and separate from the main river and then flow back along with the corpse. The planner was Maria Suzumoto. The thorns Yuko had on her corpse were gotten when the killer passed by wild roses which meant the killer also had them. She then hides them trying to say she's not the culprit. Another piece of evidence is that she didn't have any band-aids before coming but she is now wearing some. Takagi then informs the group that forensics have found blood on one of the icehouse's block of ice. Harassed, she asks Kogoro where's the proof. The gloves she used to kill Yuko were right in her bag. Exposed, she confesses and tells Yuko had been posting hainous comments on a picture sharing blog and that she was selfish. To punish her, Juri slaps her and tell her that she should count on her friends.
Aftermath
a few days after, Ran had found a new shaved ice shop near their home and asked Conan about going there checking one day. Kogoro then replies telling that they weren't penguins and there wasn't any point about eating ice. Ran replies and told him 'who cares' and Conan noted that penguins didn't eat ice.
Trivia
Kakigōri is a japanese dessert made of shaved ice and flavored with syrup and a sweetener, often condensed milk.
Title Card
Taking Selfie.
Victim
Questioning the suspects.
Sleeping Mouri solving the case.
Vietnamese
Season 27 (2022)